US720058A - Catching and delivering apparatus. - Google Patents

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PATBNTED PBB.10, 190s.

No. 720,053. l

' T. H. PATENALL.

GATCHING AND DELIVERING APPARATUS'.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 18, 1902.

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No MODEL.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. PATENALL, OF "WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL COMPANY, OF SWISSVALE, PENNSYL- VANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CATCHING AND DELIVERING APPARATUS.

lSPEGIFICA'JI'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,058, dated February 10, 1903.

Application letl April 18. 1902. Serial No. 103,537. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: ered by a moving train without loss of time Beit known that I, THOMAS H. PATENALL, and in a manner that shall insure reliability of Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny of action in service.

and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a It consists in providing upon the engine- 5 new and useful Train-Sta Catching and Detank or some other suitable point catching 55 livering Apparatus, placed upon a locomoand delivering arms, operated by suitable tive or running train and used in connection mechanism, so that they may readily be with a high-speed-train staff system for the moved into ,operative position or be withsafe operation of single-track railroads, the drawn from said position when not in use. v

Io following being a full, clear, and exact de- It further consists in devices for holding 6o scription, reference being had to the accomthe ring, pouch, and staff in proper position panylng drawings, in Whichfor delivery by the moving train and other Figure l is a side elevation showing my mechanism arranged to engage the ring, improved catcher and deliverer in position pouch,and staff heid by the crane at the side t 5 to receive and delivera ring, pouch, and staff of the track, and automatic means whereby 65 to a suitable crane having catching and derecoil of the ring, pouch, and staff is checked livery arms. Fig. 2 is a detail side elevation and its retention is assured. of the delivering apparatus which I employ; My invention further consists in certain and Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the parts on features of construction and combination of zo a larger scale than shown in Fig. 1. parts, as will be more fully hereinafter de- 7o Myinvention relates to apparatus for catchscribed, and `pointed out in the claims. ing a ring, pouch, and staff from a staff-crane In the drawings, 2 represents a standard or and the delivery of the same to said crane, framework secured, preferably, to the tank of and is designed to he used in connection with a locomotive, which is provided with lugs 3 z5 a high-speed-train staff system for the safe and 4, to which are pivoted arms 5 and 6, the 75 operation of single-track railroads, and is deupper arm 5 being the one which catches the scribed in my copending application filed ring, pouch, and stalii, and the lower arm 6is April 7,1902, Serial No.10l,7l6,ths system beemployed to deliver it to the staff-crane 7 or ing thatinwhich astaffis removed from a lockother device arranged to receive it. The arms 3o ing instrument and is given to the engineer, 5 and 6 are mounted on rock-shafts 8 9, which 8o and so long as it is out of the instrument anare provided with crank-arms 10 and 11, and other staff cannot be taken out of the instruthese arms are connected by rod or link 12. ment to give authority to another train to Upon the lower shaft 8 is secured another occupy that section of track. This system crank-arm 13, connected by a rod or link 14C 35 is also one in which apparatus is used which to a crank-arm 15 on the rock-shaft 16, which 85 enables the staff to be delivered to the engi is mounted in a bearing 17, secured to the neer, in a staff-holding ring and pouch, which standard 2. A hand-lever 18 is also secured is made the subject of my copeuding applito the rock-shaft 16 and is operated to change cation, Serial No. 103,536, led April 18, 1902, the position oi the arms 5 and 6 from hori- 4o and in a crane-holder located at block-stazontal to an elevated position. The arm 5 is 9c tions for the purpose of holding the ring, constituted of two members 19 and 20, conpouch, and sta, so as to deliver it to a movnected by suitable braces 2l, the member 19 ing train, and a catching-arm upon the crane having its end 22 bent at right angles to the to receive the ring, pouch, and staff from a arm and shaped to engage the ring, pouch,

45 moving train. This device is made the suband staff A, held b v the staif-crane 7, when 95 ject of my copending application, Serial No. the arm 5 is in its horizontal position. An 103,538, led April 18, 1902. extension 23 of the arm 5 is provided with an The object of my present invention is to angled lever 24, pivoted at 25 to the extenprovide effective means by which the ring, sion 23, and one arm of said lever is held in 5o pouch, and staff may be received and delivits normal position by knife-springs 26. The rco other arm of this lever 24 closes the opening between the end 22 and the extension 23 of the arm 5. A spiral spring is also secured to this lever 24 and to the extension 23, and when engaged by a portion of the ring, pouch, and sta A, entering between the end 22 and extension 23, the angled lever is turned by it as the train passes the staff-crane which held the ring, pouch, and statt. A spring-pressed detent or latch 27, secured to the extension 23, is placed in such a position that it will engage one arm of the angled lever 24 when turned on its pivot through about ninety degrees. The arms 5 and 6 are preferably made telescopic, so as to provide for the necessary adjustments to bring the arms into proper position with respect to the statt-cranes or other devices with which they coact in carrying out the system.

The delivery-arm 6, which I have shown as the lower one, is provided with a ring, pouch, and sta-holding plate 2S, to which are secured spring-clips 29, arranged to receive and retain the ring, pouch, and staff and hold it in the proper position for delivery. This position is maintained by a finger 30, which engages a portion ofthe ring. The spring-holders 29 and iinger 30 offer practically no resistance to its release from the holding-arm 6. A ring 3l or other device engages the hand-lever 18 when it is thrown; up and holds the arms 5 and 6 in an inoperative position.

The operation of my device from the foregoing description will be readily understood by those skilled in the art. The parts being placed in the positions shown in the drawings, the catching and delivering arms 5 and 6 are ready to receive a ring, pouch, and staff or to deliver it to other apparatus situated beside the track. The catchingarm picks up the ring, pouch, and stal as the train passes the device which holds it, the arm 22 passes through the ring, and the angled lever 24 automatically holds the ring on the catching-arm 6 and prevents its rebound. The delivery-arm of the apparatus yieldingly holds the ring, pouch, and staff, so that as the train passes a staff-crane station it is caught by the crane, the catching and delivering arms of the device acting without injury to the parts of the ring, pouch, and statt employed. These advantages arise from the simplicity and certainty of action and the fact that it offers no obstruction when not in use.

Many changes may be made by the skilled mechanic without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, since I claiml. In a high-speed-train staff system for railways, the combination of a ring adapted to carry a staff, of a catching and delivering device mounted on the train, consisting of arms located in different planes adapted to receive and deliver said ring to devices placed at the side of the track in the path of said arms; substantially as described.

2. In ahigh-speed-train staff system for railways, the combination of a ring adapted to carry a staff, of a catching and delivering device mounted on the train, consisting of a support, arms located in different planes pivotally mounted on said support, and means for placing said arms in position to receive and deliver said ring to devices placed at the side of the track in the path of said arms; substantially as described.

3. In a high-speed-train staff system for railways, the combination of a support or holder, of a ring adapted to carry a pouch and staff held thereby, of a catching device mounted on the train, consisting of a support, an arm mounted on said support, said arm being provided with devices which engage and receive said ring from said holder, and automatic locking mechanism on said arms whereby the ring, pouch and stai-f are held against rebound; substantially as described.

4. In a high-speed-train statfsystem for railways, the combination of a ring adapted to carry a pouch and staff, of a catching and delivering device mounted on the train, consisting ot' vertically-movable catching and delivering arms, mechanism comprising levers and link connections whereby they are brought into operative or inoperative positions, said catching-arm having its end portion formed to engage a ring held in its path when in operative position, and devices mounted on said arm for automatically locking the ring upon said arm to prevent rebound, and said delivering-arm being provided with holders, which permit the easy removal of the ring held thereby, when engaged by the catching device in the path of the delivering-arm; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS H. PATENALL.

Witnesses:

W. L. MCDANIEL, JNO. M. LINDSAY.

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